GRANVILLE 鈥� Perhaps Ben Lumsden is just made for the spotlight of the NCAA tournament. West Virginia鈥檚 senior outfielder would never admit to that, in fact he kind of played the moment off Friday. Still, it was a heck of a moment for Lumsden to try and make routine. In the opening game ...
I, myself, am an avid Mountain State high school wrestling enthusiast. Every year I look forward to acquiring a souvenir program from the state tournament. This year I was informed that there would be no more programs sold at the state tournament. Asking why, I was told that the cost of printing the programs was too expensive, and now you could only visit the WVSSAC website to see a digital state program. Did you know that? I was very disappointed, and you should be disheartened by this change as well. In the past, the state wrestling tournament program cost five dollars, which was ...
This week, the Big 12 Conference had meetings for several sports, including women's and men's basketball and football. All three of West Virginia's coaches for those three sports were representatives for the coaches for the conference. Some of the biggest topics came after the football meetings. Rich Rodriguez is the Chair of the Big 12 Coaches Committee, and was the speaking voice for how the meeting between all of the coaches went. Most of the press conference was taken up by Texas Tech head coach Joey McGuire, representing the Big 12 Champions. He answered questions regarding ...
McFarland Aces MCC Brian McFarland, of Marietta, got his second hole-in-one on hole No. 17 at Marietta Country Club. McFarland aced the 127-yard hole using a pitching wedge. Witnesses were Bill McFarland, 鈥淐oach鈥� Joe Matheny and Scott Barrows. Sovil Aves GCWV Zack Sovil, of Parkersburg, recorded his first ever hole-in-one at the Golf Club of West Virginia. Sovil aced hole No. 12, a 135-yard par 3, using a sand wedge. The shot was witnessed by his playing partner Riley Garrison.
Parkersburg High School's Dominic Way went 6-0 on Friday to win the 72 kg, U23 National Greco-Roman Championship held at SPIRE Academy in Geneva, Ohio. The Big Red has now qualified to represent the United States in the Pan American Championships in Lima, Peru on June 10-14.
